Single Child Family Quotes

I had a happy, dramafree youth, growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. The only thing that was slightly unusual compared to most of my friends was that I was an only child... I don't think that's why my parents gave me a dummy, at least they've never copped to it.

Oh, yeah. I grew up in Southern California in the 1960's. It was very different. I was an only child as opposed to having siblings. My brothers all lived with my step-mom. I am very close to them, but we were not raised in the same house.

It must be weird having one child.

Being an only child, I didn't have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.

I'm an only child, and we're a close family.

I'm an only child, and so I over-rely on my friends to lend their support.

I'm an only child; I'm a very private person.

I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.

For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak tea. The limeade was very interesting. It didn't taste anything like limes. It tasted bright green and vaguely chemical. Coraline liked it enormously. She wished they had it at home. "How are your dear mother and father?" asked Miss Spink. "Missing," said Coraline. "I haven't seen either of them since yesterday. I'm on my own. I think I've probably become a single child family.

I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into a people pleaser. I always tried to do what was expected of me, and I constantly sought reassurance from the adults around me that I was doing a good job.

Well, I think it's because I'm an only daughter. I have four brothers, a bunch of guy cousins, and so it's like I was raised amongst men. So I've always gotten along really well with men.

As an only child, particularly if you're a boy without a father, you have to work out for yourself who you're going to be. And I do think, over the years, I've developed a need for control.

I was an only child until I was six.

I'm an only child, and I'm very, very close with my parents, who actually live in Australia.

I was an only child. I hung out with my parents.

I was an only child who had every advantage, every blessing, absolutely.

I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.